Russia Tells The U.K. To Cut Its Diplomatic Staff By 50

The National/AFP: Russia demands UK cut over 50 diplomats in new tit-for-tat move

The call is seen as Moscow's retaliation to the mass coordinated expulsion of Russian diplomatic staff by the UK's allies following a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England.

Russia demanded on Saturday that Britain further slash its diplomatic presence as a crisis in ties between Moscow and the West escalated over a nerve agent attack on a former spy.

The call came after 23 British diplomats were kicked out of Russia earlier this month and is seen as Moscow's retaliation to the mass coordinated expulsion of Russian diplomatic staff by the UK's allies.

It is the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions between Russia and the West in recent memory and has seen relations plunge to new post-Cold War lows.

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Russia demands UK cut diplomatic staff -- The Hill
Russia to expel over 50 British workers, deepening tensions between Kremlin and London -- Washington Post
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